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Montaigne Visiting Torquato Tasso in Prison (Granet)

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1820 painting by François Marius Granet
Montaigne Visiting Torquato Tasso in Prison
ArtistFrançois Marius Granet
Year1820
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions98,5 × 74,5 cm
LocationMusée Fabre, Montpellier

Montaigne Visiting Torquato Tasso in Prison is an 1820 painting by François Marius Granet, now in the Musée Fabre in Montpellier. It shows Montaigne visiting Torquato Tasso.

It was displayed at the Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon in its 2014 exhibition L'invention du Passé. Histoires de cœur et d'épée 1802-1850.

References

  1. Isabelle Neto, Granet et son entourage: Correspondance de 1804 à 1849
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